Colin and Leah's Arrival

Just before we went home on Thursday. Look at all that blond hair! :)


Colin Lee


Leah Colleen


The proud dad to be just before going to the operating room for delivery


Right after delivery...our new beautiful family

Colin's first bath - he was NOT happy at all (he hates to be naked)


Leah's first bath - she cried a little but was okay after a minute or two

Daddy has mastered the art of holding two babies at once!

Colin and Leah 1 week old. It went by so fast!

They are here! Colin Lee was born at 3:49pm on 1/12/10 and was 6#5oz and 17 3/4" long. Leah Colleen was born at 3:52pm on 1/12/10 and was 6#10oz and 19 1/2" long. They are absolutely perfect and the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. They are so precious and we are so blessed.

We went into the hospital on Monday evening at 7:30pm and they got the process going with cytotec and then started the pitocin Tuesday morning at 6:30am. My contractions were starting to get stronger so I got my epidural around 10:00am and it was super easy after that. At about 2:45pm I was dilated to a 5 and then it felt like Colin was about to drop out at 3:00pm so I called the nurse back in and sure enough I was dilated to 10! It was crazy. My doctor was at another hospital so she called him and he came right over and we went to the operating room at about 3:30 (in case a c-section was necessary). I pushed for probably 15 minutes with Colin and then it only took 2 pushes with Leah. It was actually really easy and I can't complain about my labor and delivery at all. I was so glad we didn't have to do a c-section at all.

So the labor and delivery was a piece of cake but I do have to say that the 4 days afterwards were pretty uncomfortable...okay they were REALLY uncomfortable. On day 5 though I started to be able to move around a lot better and have been feeling better and better ever since.

They didn't have to stay in the NICU at all which was awesome. They were a littel jaundice but didn't have to do the lights or anything. We just had to have them checked the first 3 days after they left the hospital to make sure their levels didn't get too high. They did lose some weight since we were just breast feeding but we started supplementing some formula and now their almost back up to their birth weights.

I have to brag a little and say that they awesome babies. They stay pretty much on the same schedule. They may get off a little bit but catch back up within a feeding or two. They really aren't fussy unless their hungry or when Leah has gas. They have been going 2-3 hours between feedings during the day and 3-4 hours between feedings at night on average which is nice :). They are so super cute and make the funniest little faces and just crack us up on a daily basis! I don't know what we did before them!

Breuer Babies Coming Soon!

Well, we went to our doctor yesterday for our 36 week appointment and we scheduled a date to be induced! It may be tmi but I am about 80% effaced but have not dialated at all. Dr. Sterling has been very surprised about how well I have done carrying them :). When I asked about setting a date though since it seems that they're just going to stay put, I wasn't really expecting him to ask about THIS TUESDAY! I just nodded and smiled when he asked if that would work. Then when we left, I did kind of panic a little. Brad and I went to eat at our favorite Mexican restaurant (who doesn't love free queso and sopapillas with every meal?!). He obviously knew something was up when I basically didn't talk all through dinner. It's not that I'm not so excited. It's just a reality check that I will be delivering two babies in just a few days. Plus, there's the whole unknown about what kind of delivery I will have - both vaginally, Colin vaginally and Leah C-section, or both by C-section. They are both head down so we are trying both vaginally but things could happen that could cause option 2 or 3 to occur. They could become distressed during labor or Leah could turn to be breach after Colin is delivered.

In addition to the actual delivery part of Tuesday, there's the fact that I will instantly become a mom and that's kind of scary too. It's a huge responsibility that I definitely don't take lightly so I'm a little nervous about it as well. There's also so many questions about breastfeeding, whether they'll adapt to the same schedule, and just how will I take care of two babies once Brad and my mom and others who help me at first go back to work?

Above all the scariness though is an incredible amount of excitement to finally meet the two babies that have been with me now for 8+ months. After all of the waiting and feeling like time was going so slow, I will finally get to meet them and hold them and snuggle with them. I cannot wait to see what they look like and who they look like and to hear their little coos and cries - hopefully not too much on the crying though :). I am really trying to enjoy the feeling of them moving around these last few days as well since I will miss that. They both got the hiccups on Tuesday and I'm really glad I got to experience that. It was such an interesting feeling with them both hiccupping in my belly at the same time! It will definitely be so worth it to hold them though and I look forward to that more than anything.